Combined automobile and hydroplane.



W. H. McGAFFEY.

COMBINED AUTOMOBILE AND HYDROPLANE.

APPLIGATION FILED ym. 7, 1912.

1,059,482; Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

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COMBINED AUTOMOBILE AND HYDROPLANE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

Application filed September 7, 1912. Serial No. 719,079.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. Mo- GAFrnY, a subject of: Tthe King of Great Britain, residin at Detroit, county of Wayne, State 0 Michigan, have invented a certain new and iuseful Improvement in Combined Automobiles and .Hydroplan'es, and declare the followin to be a full,1clear, and exact description 0 the same, such as will enable others skilled in' the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to azcombined boat and automobile. It is designed to. speed efashion of a hydroplane by reason of the location of the heavy engine parts at \the rear of the machine and the design of the fenders so as to act as lifting lanes in the way that the plane of a ydroplane does. Another feature of this mvention is the use of removable paddles that can be clamped to the spokes when it is desired to take a marine tri and which can be removed when it is deslred to use the machine only on land. The steerin of the machine when in the water is e ected bya rudder that is designed to be securely fastened out of the we when the machine is run on land.

the drawings :Figure 1, is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section showing the operating parts in elevation. Fig. 3, 1s a rear elevation of the machine. Fig. 4, is a detail of Zone of the paddles. I

The body A of the :machine is designed to go through the water .with. a minimum of resistance and its similarity to! a boat design may be observed by referring to Fig. 2. he body at the rear of the seat 1 is quite commodious and forms an engine containing chamber 2. At the rearmost part of this chamber, the engine 3 is located. This engine has a water cooling. system through which the water circulates from the radiators 4 by way of the pipes 5 and 6 to and from the engine Packet. Radiators 4 are located at each si e' of :the chamber 2 engine shaft carries a :fly wheel 7 iniconnection .with which works a clutch 8. of a conventional form and which. is not shown in detail. Connected with this clutch is acollar 9 and a clutch throw-out arm 10 which engages with the collar 9. This clutch throw-out arm is pivoted to the bracket 11 which is also a bearing of the drive shaft 12. The clutch throw-out arm 10 is connected by the reach-rod 13 with the pedal 1 14. The drive shaft 12 has a beveled gear connection. (not shown in detail) with the ack shaft 15, which carries a brake drum 16 the brake lever 18, which is connected by the reach rod 19 with the pedal 14. This mechanism serves as a clutch and a brake control of the driving element.

Steering on land is performed by the steering post 20 that connects by conventional form of worm and segment (not shown 1 in detail) with the arm 21 that operates the drag link 22 which is .connected with the front pair of wheels that are supported I on the knuckles 23 and the front axle 24. Suitable semi-elliptical springs 25 yieldin ly" support the body upon the wheel ax es. The rudder 26 is swingingly supported by the pins 27 engaging in holes in the brackets 28. A cord 29 passes over the shows 30 under the sheave 31 and across the sheave 32 to the Windlass 33 on the dash of the car.

The return of the cord by. sheaves to the rudder is not shown in Fig;

with which the brake band 17 can be caused 1 to frictionally engage by the movement of 48 is a casing which incloses the sprocket.

wheels and chain.

The fender 40 is designed so that it would serve to cause the front of the body to rise out of the water when the machine is used for a marine trip. It will be noticed. that this fender is somewhat higher than would ordinarily be the case. The proper p0si-; tioning; of the fender to secure hydroplane effects is a matter of calculation easy for any engineer, as it depends upon the weight of the vehicle parts and the distribution of the load. v

41 are detachable paddles that ma be clamped to the s okes 42 of the rear :w eels 43 by reason 0 their being madein two parts that are laced one at each side of the gear changing mechanism (not shown) contained in the-case 46.

hen the rudder 26 is not required for use, it may be secured in the position shown in Fig. 3 by the turn-button 45', inserted through a slot for that purpose, and turned 4 so as. to hold itxto the rear of the'machine out of the way. What I claim is a A 'combined automobile and boat, having in combination, a body shaped for travel through the water, running gear supporting the. same, driving mechanism contained in the bodyat the rear :of the machine and connected with the running gear, and felrv ders arranged so that when the vehicle is in the water, the same act to lift the forward part outof the water, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specie fication in the presence of two witnesses,

;W'ILLIA M H. MoGrAFFEY. Witnesses:

VIRGINIA O. Srm'r'r, Aenns M. HIPKINS. 

